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A Century of Protests : Peasant Politics in Assam Since 1900.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (501 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781315656618
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Century of ProtestsDDC classification:
  • 320.9541620904
LOC classification:
  • DS485.A88 -- .S255 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables, Plates and Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. An Agrarian Setting: 1900-50 -- 2. Rural Society, Rural Politics and Nationalist Peasants -- 3. Tenants, Sharecroppers and Communists -- 4. Peasants, Nationalists and Political Possibilities (1920-48) -- 5. Rural World Upside Down: The Valley during 1948-52 -- 6. Rural Mobilization, Social Dynamics and Rural Politics -- 7. Peasants, Law and Nationalist Identity: An Unfulfilled Dream -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.
Summary: This book traces the transformations in the agrarian landscape of Assam in the twentieth century. Drawing upon a wealth of hitherto unused archival material and delving into a relatively unexplored aspect of Assamese political history, it examines the complex socio-economic processes instrumental in the making of modern Assamese peasantry and rural politics.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables, Plates and Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. An Agrarian Setting: 1900-50 -- 2. Rural Society, Rural Politics and Nationalist Peasants -- 3. Tenants, Sharecroppers and Communists -- 4. Peasants, Nationalists and Political Possibilities (1920-48) -- 5. Rural World Upside Down: The Valley during 1948-52 -- 6. Rural Mobilization, Social Dynamics and Rural Politics -- 7. Peasants, Law and Nationalist Identity: An Unfulfilled Dream -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.

This book traces the transformations in the agrarian landscape of Assam in the twentieth century. Drawing upon a wealth of hitherto unused archival material and delving into a relatively unexplored aspect of Assamese political history, it examines the complex socio-economic processes instrumental in the making of modern Assamese peasantry and rural politics.

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